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Measuring Black Hole Formations by Entanglement Entropy via Coarse-Graining

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-03-17 v1 Statistical Mechanics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Quantum Physics

Abstract

We argue that the entanglement entropy offers us a useful coarse-grained entropy in time-dependent AdS/CFT. We show that the total von-Neumann entropy remains vanishing even when a black hole is created in a gravity dual, being consistent with the fact that its corresponding CFT is described by a time-dependent pure state. We analytically calculate the time evolution of entanglement entropy for a free Dirac fermion on a circle following a quantum quench. This is interpreted as a toy holographic dual of black hole creations and annihilations. It is manifestly free from the black hole information problem.

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@article{arxiv.1008.3439,
  title  = {Measuring Black Hole Formations by Entanglement Entropy via Coarse-Graining},
  author = {Tadashi Takayanagi and Tomonori Ugajin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.3439},
  year   = {2011}
}

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25 pages, Latex, 8 figures